Philadelphia officials advised residents they may want to switch to bottled water Sunday afternoon to avoid ingesting chemicals spilled into a tributary of the Delaware River in Bucks County Friday night.
While no contaminants have been found in Philadelphia’s water system, “we cannot be 100% certain there will not be traces of these chemicals in the tap water throughout the entire afternoon,” Mike Carroll, deputy managing director for the city’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability, said at a news conference Sunday morning.
However, Carroll said Sunday that the drinking water plant’s intakes were opened between 12:15 a.m. and 5 a.m. to maintain minimal levels of water in the system “to avoid any damage to our equipment, and to continue to supply water for essential needs, including fire safety.”He said there was no risk contaminants would be present in the city’s water system “before about 2 p.m.”
Among the chemicals released into Otter Creek is butyl acrylate, which was one of the chemicals released in the East Palestine train derailment, Carroll said.
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